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Miso

... too skinny. Any suggestions on how? Vary the stroke width on those letters a bit. You could make the variations abstract, or shape ... comments and useful tips! I think using varying stroke width would do the job. Perhaps ink blobs would be to stretch it too far; I ...

Forum topic - mårten - 9 Jan 2006 - 12:40pm - 29 comments - 1 attachment

"Boston" Numerals?

... actually some people use "lining" to mean fixed-width (probably because such figures do enable vertical alignment ... interesting that the numerals in that #19 seem to be fixed-width. I don't remember seeing that in [early] hybrids - it seems to be an ...

Forum topic - hrant - 6 Dec 2006 - 10:55am - 46 comments - 0 attachments

The MODERN BLACKLETTER

... 1. sharp edges 2. too much detailes 3. high width contrast in the letters parts. now i don’t want to exagarate, (i ...

Forum topic - Hannah - 26 May 2006 - 9:52pm - 68 comments - 0 attachments

The Sloped Roman

... of matrices, with each italic character twinned to the width of its Roman partner, on generations of designers. Pioneering designers ... don't need to be so different -- and neither does the width. The same principle explains why italic capitals in serifed faces ...

Forum topic - canus - 9 Dec 2006 - 9:11am - 19 comments - 0 attachments

Sloped roman and italic in the same family

... combined form change, lighter weight and more condensed width, it might be possible to do an upright italic that had sufficient ... enough difference in the other dimensions (like color, width, etc.) causes more problems. > violated reader expecations. ...

Forum topic - Chris Rugen - 2 Apr 2004 - 1:10pm - 54 comments - 0 attachments

Spiro 0.01 release

... a little bit more help, but not too often.) And if the width changes, or the x-height changes, then the position of point A, etc is ... Python scripting in FontLab: given the parameters of width, cap height, left and right side-bearing, vertical stroke width, and ...

Forum topic - raph - 9 May 2007 - 7:19am - 142 comments - 0 attachments

HTF Didot vs. Linotype Didot

... MM, with three unbelievably extensive axes (weight, width, optical size). Though I can't really say I like it, and although ...

Forum topic - Mark Foster - 6 Apr 2005 - 1:05pm - 21 comments - 0 attachments

!!! PLEASE READ THIS FIRST !!! How to post a sample or image

... unnecessary big images and do not exceed 590 pixels in width. No pdf files please! No pdf files please! But ... the upload procedure. image is rgb, 8-bit, jpg, png, width less than 600px. Firefox 2.0.0.2 (WIN) and flashplayer 9 installed. ...

Forum topic - Bald Condensed - 21 Aug 2011 - 12:40am - 17 comments - 0 attachments

Faithful revivals from early printed pages

... burping, sometimes repeatedly, causes letters to change width and weight (variations at last!) in a typographically painful narrow ... feature of Griffo's work: stems are more equal in width from top to bottom than, following lapidary examples, type designers of ...

Forum topic - George Horton - 4 Apr 2006 - 9:58am - 179 comments - 0 attachments

Pater Noster

... but it certainly needs adjustments of weight and width. ok, thanks for the tip! Here's another question: do you ...

Forum topic - dan_reynolds - 22 Aug 2004 - 12:21pm - 12 comments - 0 attachments